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GOVERNOR BLEASE REPLIES TO AUGUSTA "TESTIMONY" i (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2). Richland. Personally appeared before me William G. Childs, who first being duly sworn, says, that he ?s and has been for years, a resident of the city of Co- j 2umbia, county and State aforesaid, j tliat lie is the president of the Colum-1 bia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad company and of the Bank of Columbia, S. C. That he has known Samuel " "T anr] trifW Jjananan ior mauj ? him quite well at the time of his death, and that he has known Cole L. Blease for many years. That he knew a good deal about the business of Lanahan in this State and that when he first heard of the- statement of Lewis W. Parker connecting Cole. L. Biease with said business, he knew the fact that Biease was not in any manner connected with said firm and told Biease to prepare an affidavit ~ +V?o + >?a on on lTl aiis W CI LU X ai a^i , wu ?, jj-c wv?v*?? i thereafter was in the 3ity of Baltimore and saw Samuel Lanahan and asked him about the matter, and that Samuel Lanahan told him that Par ker's statement was untrue, as he had. never had Blease employed and had never at any time or plac* said so to Parker or any one else That he tlien said that he would make affidavit thn+ Affpnt. ar?d dictated an affidavit and sent for a notary and had the came signed with the official seal paying 50 cents for the notary fee. That this deponent has seen the affidavit ? v;/>v nnirr i >-? tha nyAQirfxjci.in rwf snirl W11IVU ID 1IVYY XXX ^V'tv^v VU | Blease and has also seen the copy! thereof as published *n the newspapers of this State, aad that he saw the same affidavit and lieard Samuel Lanahan s.wear to it in the- presence of the notary public in the city of Balti- i more, State of Maryland, I That this deponent iinows of his \ own knowledge that Cole. L. Blease | was not the agent of the Lanahan house in their transactions with the State or county boards of control for tile sale oi whisKey or otnerwise. W. G. Childs. Sworn to and subscribed before me! this 18th day of June, A. D. 1909. J. F. Livingston (L. S.), (Seal) Notary Public for S. C. State of Maryland?City of Baltimore. Personally came before me Samuel J. Lanahan, who being sworn says that ihe never told Lewis W. Parker, or any other person, that Cole. i-. tfiease was in his employ, or was employed to look aftter his interest in th*-. whiskey business in South Carolina, and as a matter of fact he did not have Cole. L. Blease so employed. Augustus W. Bradford, (Seal) Notary Public. , \ % State of South Carolina?County of Richland. Personally came before me .Jodie M. Rawlinson, who, being duly sworn, Bays that he is a member of the State I board of directors of the South Caro-! lina dispensary and chat Cole. L. 1 Blease has never directly or indirectly solicited business or asked that purmo/Jo f-rnm Samiif-1 .T T jinfi V11Cl?>UC rnauv iiwiu han or any other party engaged in selling whiskey or other articles to the State dispensary. Jodie M. Rawlinson. . . i Sworn to before me this 4th day of August, 1906. . W. T. Lucius (L S.), Magistrate for S. C. State of South Carolina?County of Rich land. Personally came before me John Krtinrr /IllltT OTTAT*r? C?QVO JDid^A, WUW, v&iug UU1J BIIU1U, ou; o that he is a member of the State board of directors of the South Carolina dispensary, and that Cole> L. Blease has never directly nor indirectly solicited business or asked that purchases be made from Samuel J. Lanahan or any other party engaged in selling whiskey or other articles to the State dispensary. John Black. Sworn to before me this August 4, A. D. 1906. W. Boyd Evans (L. S.), Notary Public for S. C. State of South Carolina?County of Chester. Personally came before me Jos. B. Wylie, who, being duly sworn, says that he is a member of the State board of directors of the South Carolina dispensary and that Cole. L. Blease has never directly or indirectly solicited business or asked that purchases be made from Samuel J. Lanahan or any ' other party engaged in selling whiskey or other articles to the State dispensary. Jos. B. "Wylie. Q-rrnvn tn hpfnrp run Thic Ancnict 7 1906. 0. B. Berts (L. S.), Notary Public for S. C. State of South Carolina?County of Newberry. Personally came before me H. H. 1 i Evans, who, being duly sv.xrn, says ' that he was a member of the State board of directors of the South Carolina dispensary and that during his term of service Cole. L. Blease neither directly nor indirectly solicited busi ness or asked that purchases be made from Samuel J. Lanahan or any other party engaged in selling whiskey or other articles to the State dispensary. Tt. H. Evans. Sworn to before me this August 3rd, 1906. A. T. Brown (L. S.)? Mayor of Newberry, S. C. State of South Carolina?County of Lexington. Personally came before me Jno. Bell Towill, who, being duly 6worn, says that he was a member of the State board of directors of the South Carolina dispensary and that during his term of service Cole. L. Blease neither directly nor indirectly solicited business or asked that purchases be made from Samuel J. Lanahan or any other party engaged in selling whiskey or other articles to the State dispensary. John Bell Towill. Sworn to before me this August 3rd, 1906. A. C. Jo aes (L. S.), Notary Public for S. C. State of South Carolina?County of Kershaw. Personally came before me L. W. Boykin, who, being duly sworn, says that he was a member of the State board of directors of the Scuth Carolina dispensary, and ^hat during his term of service Cole. L. Blease neither directly nor indirectly solicited busi- 1 ness or asked that purchases be made from Samuel J. Lanahan or any other party engaged in selling whiskey or other articles to the State dispensary. L. W. Boykin. Sworn to before me this August 4th, 1906. J. R. Alexander (L. S.), Notary Public for S. C. * I have in my possession copy of the testimony taken before the dispensary imroftio-otinrr /inmmi'Hoa TToTirnorir 19 ! ixx v v,v;iuum,Luv, x uai J IU, 1908. Mr. E. A. Smyth being duly sworn, and being examined by Mr. Stevenson, testified, in speaking of Samuel Lanhan: I had known Mr. Lanahan for some years. Q. You were associated with him in what matters? A. None at all. Q. You didn't hear him say who was the agent who he retained at a salary of $2,000 a year? A. No, sir; he didn't mention his name. He continued his conversation with Mr. Parker along the same lines, but , ne aid not mention tne name. He was trying to. get Mr. Parker to suggest some one who would influence the business. He did not mention the j name. At the bottom of this is the following certificate: "I certify that the ;ibo?e is a true copy of the testimony submitted to the commission and introduced in the case above mentioned. (Signed) "F. F. Covington." This shows thatvParker lied, because Smythe here testified that he heard j tne conversation between JLananan and Parker and that Lanaban did not i i mention the name of the agent. Par- j ker swears that he did. Who is the j liar, Smythe and Lanahan or Parker? In addition to this, I herewith submit copies of original affidavits which were submitted to the senate of South Carolina in 1905, in refutation of this der's statement. Goodman, like Fel- . der, is a fugitive from the justice of the State of South Carolina, and I therefore am not in a position to offer you any affidavit from him. - It may be that Felder can get one when these two fugitives shall meet again. State of South Carolina?County of infamous falsehood; ami, in addition | thereto, the following affidavit from the late William G. Childs, president of the Bank of Columbia. Felder and Goodiran. T'eiaer alleges tnai wane I was a member of the State senate, certain . liquor dealers paid me $250 for fighting legislation providing for certain dispensary matters. Among his witnesses to prove this allegation he names Morton A. Goodman and J. S. . Farnum. .You will see by the affidavit of Mr. Farnum which I append hereto that he denies any knowledge of Fel Charleston. Personally comes before me James | S. Farnum, who, being duly sworn, says that he has read the following in the Columbia State newspaper of July 13, 1912. '"Tn this connection I clesin-'to state that when Cole. L. Blease was senator from Xewberrv and a bill vas introduced to appropriate $15,000 to be used by the attorney general of the State in conducting the prosecution against the grafters, that the liquor dealers employed the said JBlease, then a senator, to oppose the passage of said measure; and, as a matter of fact, i the said Blease did oppose by speech, j vote and influence the passage of said resolution, and that he received for his services the sum of $250, in . cash, which was paid to him at Wright's hotel in the city of Columbia, State of South Carolina," and that I had knowledge of said transaction. The statement that deponent has knowledge of any such transaction is false. That deponent has heretofore made affidavit" replying to charges made by this same Felder, and in this affidavit he desires to, and does reiterate, the statements made in the former affidavit, and further avers that he has | never, ai any ume, given ur t-uuni-uuied any amounts "towards buying votes in Charleston for Blease" or any other person or persons. (Signed) J. S. Farnum. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of July, 1912. (Signed) H. Wilkins (L S.), Notary Public for S. C. Blocking the Investigating Committee. Another absurd effort to do me injustice is the charge, made without any attempt at proof, that I obstructed the proceedings of the legislative comwiit + aa inroctiorotinBr +V>o rlicnon. I Uiiticc in t i/iiv totutc sary. This charge is not only a reflection on me, but it reiects upon the other members of that committee, some of whom are not friendly to me. As a matter of fact, I was the author of the resolution which provided for that investigation. The record of my services as a member of that committee, and the report made to the general assembly, will show that there is absolutely no truth in Felder's state ment relative thereto. This matter is repetition, and I disposed of it irr my first race for governor six years ago. "Statement of Charlton Wright." The statement is made by Felder i : that Charlton Wright stated in the city I of Columbia that he handed me, in the i ante-room of the senate chamber, a j check for S500 as comnensation for I my services in defeating a bill affecting the interests of the railroads. I have' never, at any time, received any sum from Charlton Wright or any other man for services rendered any individual or corporation as a members of the general assembly. The same issue of the paper in which this charge of Felder appeared, the Columbia State of July 13, 1912, carries a denial from Mr. Wright, in these words: "Denies bribery Charge. "R. Charlton Wrigh:, of Columbia, who is quoted in the documentary evidence submitted by T. B. Frider to the dispensary investigating committee as saying that he gave Sf.OO to Cole, j L. Blease, for blocking some railroad j legislation in the senate, denied last j night .that he had ever given Blease j this or any other sum that he had ever told any one that he had done so." Mr. Wright, on account of an urgent call to New York, left the city that day; however, I presume the committee will not care to have any further statement from Mr. Wright since he is so prominently connected with the Columbia Record, one of the newspaper combination opposing me, and as his denial appeared so eonspicously in that sHeet which the committee is so fond of reading. The $25,000 Slush Fund. The insinuation contained in a purported copy of a letter of one Pickett to Felder, which it is stated that Felder produced before the committee, that certain liquor dealers were to xU _ i? AAA X ~ t_ x t raise uie sum 01 3^0,uvj uj ue turned over to me as a member of the State senate, and that a syndicate, to be composed of myself and Mr. Block and others, was to be formed to control the entire liquor ftusiness of the State dispensary, is an entire fabrication. Those who have read this letter n Afn tV> q fan*- fVi ~ n1lA/?nJ uuig iCtV/U '-iliu IUC aucgtru original has not been placed before the committee and that even in the alleged copy Pickett does not make these statements of his own knowledge, but states that they were*made to him by another party, and no affidavit has been taken from that other party. I submit herewith the affidavit of Mr. Block, denying tnat there is any truth in the statements credited by Pickett to Wilson. Georgia, Bibb County: Before me, an officer duly authorized to administer oaths, personally came N. M. Block, who being first uuiy sworn on oatn, says tnat ne nas read in the State, a paper published in Columbia, S. C., under date of July loth, 1912, the report of what purports to be a letter"to T. B. Felder, Atlanta, Georgia, and signed by Smith D. Pickett, in which the statement Is i . . i niaae "Wilson further stated that the plan formulated by Blease to compass a defeat of pending legislation miscarried for the reason that Nick Block, of Macon, who was one of the syndicate, stated that thu amount proposed to be raised was out of all reason and that the same results could be accomplished upon the expenditure of the sum of $25,000." > Deponent says that the remarks attributed to him are entirely without any foundation in fact. That he never used such language nor language of that import, nor any language that could be so construed, and further that tie never had any conversation wiin i i Wilson on the subject and that he has never either directly or indirectly been advised or had any knowledge of the effort or the attempted effort to raise $25,000 or any other amount for the purposes stated in said letter from Smith D. Pickett to T. B. Fclder. Deponent is entirely ienorant of all the allegations set out in said letter. N. M. Block. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 17th day of July, 1912. (Seal) W. H. C. Johnson, N. P. My Campaign Fund in 1910. The susrsresticm that the bHnd timers of Charleston subscribed to my campaign fund for governor two years ago is not original with Welder He is simply repeating what a few unscrupulous enemies of mine have stated heretofore. I presume that if .these alleged blind tigers had subscribed to the national Democratic campaign iund or to tne campaign iund or Ira B. Jones, that their action would bo considered patriotic and the names of such subscribers would be published at the head of the list la the Columbia State. It is a fact, however, that I have not, at any time, received from a bHnd tiger in Charleston a single penny for campaign purposes. Two years ago my campaign was managed by my brother, Eugene S. Blease, and my law partner, Fred H. Dominick. I j submit affidavits of these gentlemen, to the effect that they never received for me, or for my campaign, the sum charged by Felder as having been subscribed by parties set out by him. State of South Carolina?County of j Richland. Personally comes before me Fred. H. Dominick and makes oath that during the vear 1910 was ronripntpd with the management of Gov. Cole, L. Blease's campaign; and as to the charges that any amounts were contributed by the alleged blind tigers of Charleston and used in ihe furtherance of Mr. Blease's. candidacy, this depon ent nas no Knowledge whatsoever; that he has never received one cent from any blind tiger as contributions to Mr. Blease's campaign, and that if such a fund was contributed, he bas never received same and never used same nor has he any knowledge of it? the first intimation he having had of this charge being the charges as made by Thomas B. Felder. As to the charge of his having gone to Charleston between the first and second primaries, after Gov. Blease had already been there and got a suit case full of money, and whea that ran out, that I went there and got another suit case full, the chaige is absolutely false. I have never received and never made any requests for any campaign contributions from any blind ugers in unariesion. Fred. H. Dcminick. Sworn to before me this 39th July, A. D. 1912. * G. C. Dismukes, (L. S.) Notary Public for South Carolina. State of South Carolina?County of 2T1/1 Eugene S. Blease, being duly sworn, says that during the campaign of 1910 he assisted Fred. H. Dcminick in conducting the campaign of Cole. L. Blease for governor of the State. Deponent did not, at any time, and has never in his life, for any purpose whatever received any sum of money from any blind tiger ;n the city of Charleston. Eugene S. Blease, Sworn to before me this 19th July, 1912. G. C. Dismukes, (L. S.) Notary Public for South Carolina. Trip to Charleston. The statement of Folder that I went to Charleston for the purpose of setting money during the time in tervening between the first and second primaries of the campaign two years ago, is but another example of this man's quickness to make statements without even reflecting. During the whole of the two weeks between the two elections, with the ^ j : ..i.i excepuuu uj. uue tiay auu uiie nigm : spent in the city of Columbia, I re- \ mained at home in Newberry. I was j not in Charleston between the first and second primaries. ''Grace's Insinuations" As to he statement that I have been and am getting graft from the blind tigers of Charleston as immun ity ior projection exiviiu<_d il.em. i This originated with John P. Grace, the present mayor of Charleston, on ! account of my not allowing him to ; !have the control and .'ippointment of l ^ ^ ^ i city of Charleston and stated in his ; presence that any man who made that . accusation against me was a malicious ? character thief and cowardly lair. Interurban Railway. In regard to my signing the bill ( i tile constaouiary iorce in mariesum, . and to run the matter of enforcing i the dispensary law and the sale of j whiskey in that city. The investigat- J ing committee has already heard him i and his attempted proof and the peo- ( pie surely are convinced that there is ( no foundation in any one of "his < charges." Each and every one of his ^ ~ ? "> y j | raise accusations nave ucuicu? ^ven my bitterest enemy, the Colum! bia State, admitted that tnere was no [criminality traced to the governor's !office. I answered Grace's insinuations at the campaign meeting in the | ior xne ?'ieQnion,L-i\ui uiem uvuipauj, ^ ; commonly known as the interurban. 1 This bill, as passed by the legisla- ture, provided for the building of an 1 electric line around Spartanburg, . Greenville, Greenwood ai.d other . i * points in this State. I thought it i contained too mucn power to give ioj( a corporation, and, after carefully , looking over it, stated that I did not think I would sign it. I received re-v. quests from a number of people of that sectioh, stating that the road would be of great benefit to them. Among others calling upon me in favor of the measure, I now recall Hon. I LJUC *"C1 J uiwuuuvig V* ? w m who are attempting to injure me were very active in the passage of this bill. The Criminals?"DeFord and Porter." In regard to the matter of application for pardon for one alleged to be Gus DeFord, wnicn peraiun uas piajred such a prominent part in ?he dictagraph proceedings had between "Capt. Sam J. Nichols aud cne Porter, alias Reed, alias somebody else?I don't know what his name is,?I will state, in the first place, this great detective, with a great flourish of trumpets, stated that he had gone into the j South Carolina penitentiary and had i picked out not only the ;nost notorious i criminal in that prison, but the most JJ. M. Magin, oi u-reenwcuu, u. jk. . Smoak, Esq., of Greenville, and Sam. ; J. Nichols, Esq., of Spartanburg. I did not receive one cent of money for approving this measure, nor was I threatened by any one on account of : this bill, and if any lawyer received a fee for appearing before me in be- : Violf nf flio hill it wns without mv 1 i-lUii. V/JL WliV *v ? knowledge, and the payment of anysuch fee, if any was paid, exercised no influence whatever in causiDg me to take the action I did thereon. Some of ~ tts\ wt murnWc nf r hp pftmmittee notorious criminal in the t United States of America, in order to plant a scheme to trap me and my friend, Capt. Nichols. Gus DeFord is not in the penitentiary; but, on the other hand is a fugitive from justice. It is ; hardly necessary for me to refer to this matter, in view of the testimony that was submitted by their own witnesses and their famous dictagraph, in which it was shown that there was no truth whatsoever in the alleged statement of Feider and his hireling detective that I was to receive any portion of the amounts that were to be paid to the attorney who had been . * "* ?" ? ?t-Tn -i o rt 11 rin f* [employed to represent i.uio ancfecu viixj, DeFord. On the cotrary, this very dictagraph itself stated that the governor of South Carolina could not be bought and that it was useless to attempt to get the pardon from the governor of South Carolina by the use of money. In addition to this, you have I the sworn testimony jf Capt. Nichols, a young man well known throughout South Carolina as a man of the highest honor and integrity, who not only voluntarily came to Columbia to tes tify, but insisted that a meeting of the committee should 'oe had at whicji he could testify and at which meeting he demanded the presence of Porter, i i alias Reed, alias what's his name, but the "alias" failed to appear. Capt. Nichols' testimony was published practinaiiv in full nri/1 ^nnnlnsivelv PS? (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7). " ~ SSBSS|^.;f mMw mSmtm* ' Miy JHHVH I II - r j >OTICE OF ELECTION. A written petition having been presented to the undersigned County Board of Education of Newberry ; \ -J:" ;\-i f County, isCucii C;ii'G.ii..ii, signed by the requisite number, one'-third, of freeholders of the age of twenty-one years, residing within the territory of Whitmire School District No. 52, asking that an election be held upon the question of establishing a High School j tttt- i. A Ai, \Ta in saia wnumire ocuuui uisinci nu. 52 Now, therefore, the undersigned, composing the County Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, do hereby order an election to be held on said question of establishing a high school, which said election ?hall be held at the Council Chamber in the eaid Schood District N'o. 52. on Wednesday, July 31. 1912* it which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock in the forenoon and closed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The following are hereby ippointed managers of said election: R. M. Aughtry, S. B. Sims and W. A. Andrews. At which election only qualified voters residing in said Dis * ?11 ft 11 ArrTAil tA TTA^fi T?1 A/k- / LI1CU Midli we auuncu ?.W ' Utv-. aitv ons tors favoring the establishment of a High School shall cast a ballot containing the words "For High School"* || printed or written thereon, and each. elector opposed to the establishment ^ of a High School shall cast a ballot ^ containing the words "Against High ^ School" written or printed thereon. ' .jSS| Given under our hands and seal on VJ| the loth day of July, 1912. E. H. Aull, E. 0. Counts, J. S. Wheeler, County Board of Education for New- -*'.i berry County, South Carolina. DOST BE AFRAID Jl EAT WHAT YOU WAST Eat what you want when you want j it and "Digestif' Two or three tab- jM lets after meals digests ail the food, prevents distress, relieves indigestion instantly. Brown's Digestit is a little ; ^ tablet easy to swallow, absolu"'.* harmless. It has relieved thousand# . ^ and is guaranteed to please you, if not your money refunded?50c. Flagged Train Witli Shirt Tearing his shirt from his back an ^$3 Ohio man flagged a train and saved it from a wreck, but H. T. Alston, Raleigh, N. C., once prevented a wreck -?|| with Electric Bitters. "I was in a terrible plight when I began to ufie them," he writes, "my stomach, head, back and kidneys were all badly af- .. fected and, my liver was in bad con- -^la dition, but four bottles of Electric Bit- ' ters made me feel like a new man." a win convince ' vou of their ^ A m matchless merit for any stomach, liver ^|| or kidney trouble. Price 50 cents at W. E. Pelham's. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. ^ We will make final settlement of the estate of James A. Riser, deceased, as executors, in the probate Court <."'Sj for Newberry County, S. C., at 11 --sgjl o'clock in the forenoon, on July 20, ^ , p 1912. All persons having claime =3 against said estate will present them duly attested on or before that date. > JsS W. J. Ballentine, W. R. Riser, 6-14-4t-ltaw Executors. A Great Building Falls Ji when its foundation is undermined, y ii and if the foundation of health?good ' ' 1 - ""i/vlr nnllflTMA ~'l?S digestion IS V^UIVXW WMi*|rw : follows. On the firet 6igns of indigee-. . tion, Dr. King's New Life Pills should s:? be taken to tone the stomach and regulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Pleafc- y ant, easy, safe and only 25 cents at W.. ' ' ? E. Peiham's. 1785- 1912 ||S COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON jjM 128th Tear Begins September 27. T+ nffarfl OftllTSPH 1TI ATlP-jPTit and 3 XL vugiw Modern Languages, Mathematics, ||S tory, Political Science, Debati^' Chemistry, Physics, Biology ar ^ -j^w. v ?| gineering. ^ Courses for B. A., an* & g< dsgrei^E8 with Engineering. ;;^$S A free tui*^0g scholarship tj eachftA,,n^ r- n??|{na Vacant >1 ^ <JL OUUU1 ? uvw* . BOyce scholarships, giving $100 a year . J and free tuition, open to competitive " examination in September. Expenses reasonable. Terms and - -|i catalogue on application. Write to Entrance examinations at all the -Jj county seats on Friday, July 5, at 9 ^ a. m. HARRISON RANDOLPH, President, | Charleston, S. C. ^ NOTICE TO TAX DELINQUENTS. ''if. Hon. Jno. L. Epps, County Treaeur- v>er, has placed in my hands executions for the collection of delinquent taxes for the year 2911. The law imposed x,., x_ i?. ?11-.a a upon me me auiy 10 iev aaa conect. j this tax at once. This l. - notify all J| persons who have not paia Mr taxes that they may save cost by coming to Tie and paying the same promptly. ;? rhe number of executions this year is large, and I urge those who have not J? paid to attend to it at once. 21. m. aurora, Sheriff Newberry County. ':M Sheriff's Office, June 6,4912.